Delights of grannying

The “delights of grannying include: dressing like innocent little old ladies so we can get close to our ‘target’, writing songs from old favorites that skewer modern wrongs, satirizing evil-doing in public and getting everyone singing about it, watching a wrong back down and turn tail and run, sharing a history with other women who know who they are and what they’re about."

To be a granny, you need “a sense of humor and an ability both to be objective and to compromise when working with others. Willingness to make noise. An open heart to learn something new. No singing ability. Passion. Joy. Delight. No color sense, obviously. A friendly disposition. Kindness. Scientific curiosity can’t hurt. Maybe a sense of history and our place in it.”

Check out their website where you will also find song great lyrics like:

(To the tune of Home on the Range)

Oh, give us a beach Where oil spills can’t reach, And there’s no sticky goo on the sand, Where children can play, And the birds and fish stay Free from harm… that’s our simple demand.

CHORUS:

No frackin’! No way! We say keep those frackers away! We say NO to those rigs And those comp’nies so big! Mother Earth still comes first in our land. There are so many ways To make power these days From the wind and the sun, don’t you see? Let’s stop hydrofracking And mountaintop hacking Let’s treat the Earth as it should be

My apologies ladies. You have earned my respect, certainly more than some of the annoying whacko groups I enjoy calling out. Admiration, however, does not mean agreement with the Raging Grannies’ opposition to the Delta plan.

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What you don't realize is that forever we in the north have had to fight to keep enough water for our own needs while the south is allowed free rain. While we in the north are conserving and rationing people in the south are over watering, filling their swimming pools and letting the water run down their sidewalks and their streets. Let's pour water on golf courses in the middle of deserts yet deprive wildlife in the north - and people with adequate water to survive.

Selfish - give me a break. This is pure greed on the part of businesses and people in the south - nothing else. If governor moon beam and others like him (who are responsible for proper care of the WHOLE state) were responsible they would stop this now. Big money is lining their pockets and that is all they care about.

Yes - we will continue to be selfish. Demanding proper rulings and use of our resources for EVERYONE.